[ale] Well, this does nothing for the reputation of Linux

[Jim Kinney]

FACEBOOK IS SECURE?!?!?!?! when did that happen?

PHP, according to many security people far more knowledgeable than me,
continues to suffer from design flaws in the core. Now add in the rampant
proliferation of poorly coded add-ons and you get the mess that is PHP. It
make Java look good.


On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Andy Borgmann <andy at borgmann.me> wrote:

> Where do you see this being a PHP non-security.  It sounds like it was an
> updated version of vBulletin's admin panel that had a security flaw.  Even
> if vBulletin is coded in PHP, I don't see why blaming PHP as a whole is
> warranted in this case and not just vBulletin.  PHP seems secure enough or
> Facebook.
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> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 3:47 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>
>> On 07/21/2013 01:27 PM, James Taylor wrote:
>> > Ubuntu is a linux distro, isn't it?
>> > I keep forgetting because it keeps looking so much like a Microsoft
>> product....
>> > -jt
>> >
>> >
>> >>>> Edward Holcroft <eholcroft at mkainc.com> 7/21/2013   12:49 PM >>>
>> > If this was Microsoft I'd be snickering about their poor security ...
>> not
>> > good at all.
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/07/ubuntu-forum-hacked-users-advised-to-change-passwords
>> >
>>
>> This is less about Linux security and more about php non-security.  Talk
>> to
>> security pros about php. It was an eye opener for me.
>>
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